During our departmental staff meeting on Tuesday 26 May, we discussed the draft Core Values for our department.
Key Links
- A video of the staff meeting can be found here: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/65J_D-rX2kVJa9LIy0_CeZ56NaK0X6a8h3JPqKALxUxrpTthwILPfKnQdJI3Zmmj (Password 0s=221F4 if it asks)
- The full presentation can be found here.
- Pre-reading material here.
The journey to developing Core Values
Roland started as Head of Department in October 2019. This came with a new leadership team: Sam Bayley (Department Manager, Director of Professional Services), Nicola Carslaw (Director of Research), Ioan Fazey (Director for Strategy), Claire Hughes (Deputy HoD, Director of Teaching and Learning).
In November 2019, the Department underwent a strategic review. A series of recommendations for improvements to the Department's strategy and operations were proposed and a detailed action plan was developed to take these recommendations forward.
We unveiled a new vision statement in January 2020, and in the past few months we have been working to develop our core values and accountability structure.
The leadership team have been considering our three-year strategy, and our long-term vision, alongside the University's work in developing its strategy.
Developing a set of Core Values for the department goes hand in hand with developing the accountabilities framework and strategy for the department. This is all about defining who we are and how we operate as a team.
26 May Staff Meeting
- Roland introduced the session and explained where the values had come. He talked through an SLT 'cloning' exercise where the SLT team worked to develop the draft core values by thinking about characteristics and traits of colleagues that they would like to personally emulate.
- Ioan took over and talked through a PowerPoint presentation.
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